Population and Public Health

The project implementor says costs have increased since the initial business case was introduced during the pandemic in 2021.

Health systems potentially can use artificial intelligence to fix specialty margins and enrich the mix of patients in high-value service lines as well as alter the referral process via AI-driven patient ID and proactive outreach. One tech CEO explains how.

Pinkey Patel, CEO and founder of Myri Health, says she created Myri as a postpartum app after a frustrating birth experience but expanded it to connect women and providers during preconception, perimenopause and menopause.

The Digital Medicine Society project is designed to support aging in place with digital health tools and reimbursement of remote patient monitoring as Medicare and commercial coverage rules evolve, says CEO Jennifer Goldsack.

The rural Illinois health system says more than 80% of the mothers it reaches out to with an option for remote patient monitoring decide to enroll – and 75% stay actively engaged to be monitored for the first six weeks of postpartum care.

The AWS-hosted platform can detect emerging disease threats earlier, assess risks faster, and coordinate responses within and across borders without compromising data sovereignty.

Brandi Clark, vice president, digital care, OSF OnCall, at Illinois health system OSF HealthCare, offers predictions on telemedicine and remote patient monitoring technologies and reimbursement for the year ahead.

Also, Naver is launching a new search service that provides access to health insurance data on over 100 common diseases.

Health Minister Simeon Brown has outlined investment priorities, which a new Centre for Digital Modernisation of Health will help deliver.

Technology adoption is high across the Middle East, but Robert Istepanian says visionary leadership, the political will to modernize healthcare and collaboration between countries are needed to grow digital health in the region.